I can't not read them. My eyes read the subtitles against my will, and I miss whatever else is going on on the screen. Sometimes I spoil emotional moments because I read them first and miss the actor's delivery.

Other times subtitles are necessary, like if we're watching while the kids are asleep, and we need to keep the volume lower in case there's an action scene. Plus how else would I know if the music is "upbeat" or "somber" or whatever?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (4 children)

There seems to be a trend on YouTube where people ~~hardcore~~ hardcoded subtitles for the whole video

It's fucking infuriating

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And they're always AI generated and that fucking thing misinterprets EVERYTHING!

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

the moment when the uploader's subtitle is worse than the youtube auto subtitles

[–] GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 15 hours ago

I think it's crossed over from the "attention grabbing" subtitles fashion prevalent in short form video... Subtitles are great as an accessibility feature, and I hope everything can have them, but forcing them on and making them flashy and obnoxious sucks.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking hardcore subtitles... and theyll be dead center over the video, and auto-transcribed wrong.
I think it helps avoid copyright though

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

And a moving highlight like it’s goddam karaoke. Absolute nightmare.

[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Or, even worse, the video shows them one word at a time.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Another reason not to use TikTok. I don't use it, but I've seen clips from it. I'm not sure what the point is of the subtitles when they zip by, a few words at a time, before you can read them (and I'm a pretty fast reader, so that's saying something.)

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

i am too old to understand "hardcore" as a verb in that sentence. what?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 15 hours ago

typo'd "hardcoded"

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I've watched something in English, with German subtitles (because Netflix adds them without asking and I was too lazy to turn them off). I can't not read them, but I can't not listen and compare as well. Those translations sucked so much, I had to turn them off.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I'd rather have no subtitles than subtitles in different languages. I hate watching Amélie on streaming because the subs are always in English